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May is over. What about "Mayhem" in Markets?

First of all, the Greatest Show on Earth wrapped up on May 23 with Indian elections producing a resounding victory for PM Narendra Modi and his party BJP. Modi got complete mandate to lead India for next 5 years. Congrats to Indian voters for making a wise choice in electing Modi and rejecting one of the possible 22 PM candidates from smaller parties (yes - Rahul Gandhi is from a small party called Congress). Even if large number of Indian voters are un-educated, they have demonstrated lot more maturity in selecting their leader than educated electorate in Britain. As I said in last couple of blogs, "Sell in May and Go Away" was right on mark! It was one of the worst May month since 2011 and first down month of 2019. Just six weeks back S&P was on its way to 3000. And then it all fizzled out. Let's see what changed the narrative. Brexit - PM May had to announce her resignation due to Brexit mess. British must be thinking what mess they got into by narrowly votin